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rationally
[ rash-uh-nl-ee, rash-nl- ]
adverb
- in a way that is agreeable to and supported by reason; sensibly or logically:
It’s a bit difficult to explain rationally to your teenager why they are being subjected to a drug test at home.
Right-brain thinking also includes intuition, which is not understood rationally but is nonetheless highly valued.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of rationally1
Example Sentences
These laws are not congressional whim—they arise from and embody the Constitution’s baseline requirement that the political branches act rationally when they make major economic decisions.
In the Commons on Saturday, Reynolds said Jingye had not been negotiating "in good faith", while on Sunday he suggested it had not been acting "rationally".
The Democrats and the so-called Resistance cannot rely on the hope that Trump’s policies will hurt his followers and that they will then “rationally” turn on him.
Cult members are under a deluge of conspiracy theories and disinformation, degrading their ability to think rationally and making them more dependent on the cult leadership.
From there, the brain simply continued to develop using this linear mode of thinking, as a kluge rather than a rationally designed machine.
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